SOLUTION: Between the ages of 5 and 15, a typical child grows at a fixed annual rate. If Mary was 42 inches in height when she was 5 years old and grew at a rate of 2 inches a year, find a f

Question 1106770: Between the ages of 5 and 15, a typical child grows at a fixed annual rate. If Mary was 42 inches in height when she was 5 years old and grew at a rate of 2 inches a year, find a formula that expresses Mary�s height h in inches when her age is a years. Solve this function for a. What does this new function enable you to do?
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Between the ages of 5 and 15, a typical child grows at a fixed annual rate. If Mary was 42 inches in height when she was 5 years old and grew at a rate of 2 inches a year, find a formula that expresses Mary�s height h in inches when her age is a years. Solve this function for a. What does this new function enable you to do?
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If 5yrs <= a <=15,
height = 2a+42 inches
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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